Charity of the Month

St. Mark's donates more than £10,000 per year to various charities through its initiative of "wider giving" in addition to regular church collections. The "Charity of the Month" scheme provides a significant proportion of this amount. A selection of those charities supported in the past through this scheme are listed below. This month the supported Charity is :

May 2008: The work of Bishop Henry

This month we are again asked to support, for the first time this year, Henry Ndukuba, the Bishop of Gombe. Many of you will remember that Bishop Henry recently visited St Mark’s and gave a very warm ‘thank you’ for the donations that have been made in the past. They are always gratefully received and vital as they help to provide funds for a number of ongoing major projects – especially so as we are, at present, the only church that supports Bishop Henry and his work directly.

Current projects supported by our donations to Bishop Henry’s work include St Luke’s hospital (which has now been running for almost a year), setting up mobile clinics, sourcing building materials needed to plant new churches, training teachers and setting up a diocesan vocation centre (as part of a new initiative to provide an alternative to violent activities for young people).

We are hoping for a news update from Gombe very soon, so be sure to look out for both it and some new photographs of Bishop Henry’s work which will be displayed in the narthex as soon as they arrive.

Tim and Hannah Hupfield

This, together with much more Parish news and information appears in the lively St Mark's Church Magazine (SEEK).

SEEK is printed monthly and is available for purchase in the Church Narthex, price 45p.

Charities previously supported by St. Mark's Church include.

Cam Sight
The Bishop's Lent Appeal
Barnabas Fund
Mums for Mums
St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy
SOS Children
A Rocha - Caring for God’s World
Church Mission Society
The Sick Children’s Trust – Acorn House at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Hospice at Home
Bishop Heny Ndukuba and the Diocese of Gombe
Combat Stress
CHASTE
The Mary Wallace Cancer Support Centre
World Vision
Jimmy's Night Shelter
Plateau Perspectives

For futher details about these charities please contact the Church Administrator.